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 For years, we depended on an obsolete system of dial-up for e-mail connectivity.Dial-up relied on connections being available in the different countries we traveledto, said Edy Graf, Luxair Assistant Vice President and Head of Systems & Networks. We needed a secure remote access solution that could access widespread Internetaccess points and provide universal support that would give us continuousconnectivity from any country. Aventail was the right choice.Â
LuxairÂ's Implementation
Luxair carried more than 1.2 million passengers in 2005 to and from Luxembourg, andflies regularly to 21 destinations and 36 holiday destinations in Southern Europe,Egypt, and North Africa. Many Luxair employees travel frequently, including salespeople, relations managers for Luxair catalog and Luxair Tours hotels, and engineersin charge of aircraft maintenance. Luxair needed to provide these employees withsecure access to the companyÂ's e-mail and other electronic resources from anyworking environment at any given time.
Luxair IT decided to integrate the Aventail SSL VPN into their identity managementsystem to provide both improved productivity and security. Now every Luxair employeereceives personal identification codes and authentication codes, and can use them toconnect via Aventail to corporate resources based on their access profiles andsecurity requirements. For example, contract managers can access the catalogmanagement application (LAGO), and can update price lists in the reservation system,while maintenance employees can access the maintenance and repair applications andfiles.
 The Aventail SSL VPN solution is highly efficient, because it means that severalaccess and user profiles can be combined, said Graf.  It offers the means forconsolidating all kinds of external access with internal resources. Aircraftmaintenance engineers can use their specific applications from anywhere in theworld, whether they are with Boeing in Seattle or with Embraer in Brazil.Â
More detailed information on the Luxair case study can be found at:www.aventail.com/CaseStudi es
About Aventail
Aventail is the best-of-breed remote access company. Aventail delivered the firstSSL VPN solution in 1997 and today is a market leader, delivering a remote accesscontrol solution that is the easiest to use and easiest to control. Aventail SSL VPNappliances provide users with transparent, clientless access to more applicationsfrom more devices via any network environment. For network managers, Aventaildelivers a single secure access gateway for all users, internal and external, to allnetwork resources with complete security. With more than 2.5 million end usersaround the globe, Aventail is the SSL VPN of choice among mid-sized to large-sizedorganizations worldwide, including AT&T, Chicago Housing Authority, DePaulUniversity, DuPont, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), IBM Global Services,James Richardson International, Mississippi Department of Corrections, Organizationfor Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Overlake Hospital, Radiology Ltd.,and Sanyo. For more information, go to www.aventail.com.
